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Alabama News Updated:   Patrick Aitken serves the homeless through the Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless and River City Church. But he says its not just a job. For him, it’s a calling. “People know me around Montgomery in the downtown area by the guy who wears the shirt ‘Homeless Lives Matter.’ That’s how they know me– ‘the Homeless Lives Matter guy.’ And I don’t mind being called that,” said Aitken. For over seven years Patrick Aitken has been a case manager and outreach director for the homeless. “Ever since I’ve known Patrick he’s been very active in the ho...

Sun May 30 2021 | Matt Hamilton | College COURTESY OF NCAA PHOTOS Patrice Aitken was hard to miss before, during and after Saturday’s NCAA semifinal game between Virginia and Maryland. You just had to follow the flag. She walked the rain-soaked concourse of Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. before watching her son, Dox, and the Virginia Cavaliers fight for a spot in the national championship game, waving the blue flag with a team’s “V” logo encrusted in white and orange. Security at Rentschler wouldn’t allow her to bring the traditional stick on which the flag was attached �...

Graduates overcome jail, addiction, more to begin new lives BRAD HARPER, Montgomery Advertiser FacebookTwitterEmail MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Kristin Willmon was in her 40s when she managed to escape what she would only describe as “a bad marriage” in another city. But she escaped into an addiction and fell into a life on the streets of Montgomery. Roderick Wilkerson was in his 30s, also homeless, and in and out of jail. “I didn’t know where my next meal was going to come from,” he said. “I was pretty much that guy that they put inside the car and run him into the wall. I was just...

The nonprofit Hope Inspired Ministries job training program started with 41 students across Montgomery and Lowndes counties. By graduation day, only 10 remained.

Job training graduates overcome pasts of jail, addiction, homelessness to begin a new life The Montgomery Advertiser 5/11/2021 Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser Kristin Willmon was in her 40s when she managed to escape what she would only describe as “a bad marriage” in another city. But she escaped into an addiction and fell into a life on the streets of Montgomery. Roderick Wilkerson was in his 30s, also homeless, and in and out of jail. “I didn’t know where my next meal was going to come from,” he said. “I was pretty much that guy that they put inside the car...